Board unanimously approves staff cuts

April 20, 2011

COLUMBIA CITY — School board member Tim Bloom peered over his glasses Monday night at a collection of local teachers who attended the regular meeting of the Whitley County Consolidated School Corporation’s Board of School Trustees.
The board, minus two members, was preparing to vote on the elimination of 27 positions from the school system’s payroll, a move sparked by a slumping economy and the subsequent budget shortfalls at public schools statewide.
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